coast

/kəʊst/ noun [C, U]

Translation

› the land beside the sea

sahil, kıyı, deniz kenarı

The island lies off the North African coast (= in the sea near North Africa). They live on the east coast of Scotland.1531

coast to coast › from one side of a country to the other

ülkenin bir ucundan öbür ucuna

1238654

the coast is clear › If the coast is clear, you can do something or go somewhere because there is nobody who might see you.

etraf temiz, kimse yok, tehlikesiz, kimse görmez

1993

(Definition of coast noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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